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1960 - Merrie England

Cast

The Earl of Essex   Denis Shaw
Sir Walter Raleigh   Maurice Thomas
Walter Wilkins (a Player in Shakespeare's Company)   Raymond Jones
Silas Simkins (another Player)   Charles Broom
Long Tom }Royal Foresters Robert Wheadon
Big Ben Ronald Whibley
The Queen's Fool   Timothy Cock
A Butcher }Men of Windsor William J. Creber
A Baker Philip Curtis
A Tinker Ronald Hercock
A Tailor Arthur Fordham
Soldiers   Peter Evans, John Broom
Queen Elizabeth   Eileen Hey
Miss Bessie Throckmorton (Maid of Honour)   Elaine Broom
"Jill-All-Alone" (a reputed witch)   Rachel Perry
The May Queen   Doreen Shaw
Marjory } Girls of Windsor Patricia Richards
Kate Joyce Whibley
Ladies in Waiting   Audrey M. Brown, Elizabeth A. French
First Royal Page   Elizabeth Searle
Second Royal Page   Diana Emmett

Chorus of Townsfolk etc.

Mesdames W. Broom, E. Douglass, M. Hay, D. Jenkin, M. Jones, A. Perry, E. Perry, M. Perry, M. Raison, J. Searle, R. Stapleforth, B. J. Turner, J. Wellings

Misses A. Allen, A. M. Brown, P. Conway, A. Crocker, D. Emmett, E. A. French, C. Gale, J. Green, E. Powell, E. Searle

Messrs. J. E. Evans, J. Jenkins, F. Perry, P. Sharp, L. White